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VYNPS - SEIS Web Reference - NPDES Water Permit Program in New England
ML070170472
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Issue date: 12/01/2006
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NPDES Permits in New England Serving Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont &

Tribal Nations Recent Additions l Contact Us l Print Version Search:

EPA Home > EPA New England > Topics > Water > Permits > NPDES Water Permit Program EPA NE Home A-Z Index NPDES Home History of NPDES Who Issues NPDES Permits?

CT Permits ME Permits MA Permits NH Permits RI Permits VT Permits EPA Permit Forms &

Attachments Contact Us & Links NPDES Water Permit Program in New England NPDES stands for National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System.

Under the NPDES program, all municipal, industrial and commercial facilities that discharge wastewater directly from a point source (a discrete conveyance such as a pipe, ditch or channel) into a receiving waterbody (lake, river, ocean) are issued an NPDES permit.

Facilities that discharge wastewater to a publicly owned treatment works (POTW), which in turn discharges into the receiving waterbody, are not subject to NPDES permits; rather they are controlled by the national pretreatment program.

The state or federal agencies that issue permits determine the volume of effluent that can be discharged from a given facility and set limits in the permit to ensure that water quality is not compromised. The permits expire after five years. NPDES permits are divided into two categories: municipal and industrial. Each category is then subdivided into major (large dischargers) and minor (small dischargers). Some of the permits cover single facilities while others, called general permits, cover all of the facilities of a certain type in a given state.

This web site contains information on the following: a history of the NPDES program: a description of which government agencies issue permits in the six New England states; a New England state-by-state listing of recently issued permits; links to EPA permit application forms and attachments; and a list a contacts and links.

PRELIMINARY VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT U.S. EPA Biologist or Physical Scientist Excellent Career Opportunity, Time-Limited Application Position Information (1 p., 49 KB, about PDF)

Determination on Remand from the EPA Environmental Appeals Board Brayton Point Station, NPDES Permit No. MA0003654 more >>

Questions? Contact a member of the NPDES Permiting Staff (1 p., 38KB, about PDF)

Serving Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont, Tribal Nations EPA Home l Privacy and Security Notice l Contact Us Last updated on Friday, December 1st, 2006 URL: http://www.epa.gov/region1/npdes/index.html Page 1 of 2 EPA NE: NPDES Water Permit Program in New England 12/15/2006 http://www.epa.gov/region1/npdes/index.html

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